From LarryD@RALEIGHUSA.com Tue Mar 3 13:32:16 1998 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id NAA45750 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:32:16 -0800 Received: from mainserver.wolfenet.com (raleighusa.com [207.66.147.42]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id NAA29359 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:32:14 -0800 Received: by raleighusa.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:32:13 -0800 Message-ID: From: LarryD To: "'uwracing@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: Banana Belt canceled (fwd) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:32:05 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain P.S. You do the "double funky thumbs up" by stick up both thumbs like you use to do in the 70's when you wanted to hitch a ride, then simultaneously "Stir the chili" like kids do in the 90's. If you do it right you will make Anthony Dickson very proud as he is the inventor of this celebration gesture. > ---------- > From: LarryD[SMTP:LarryD@raleighusa.com] > Reply To: LarryD@raleighusa.com > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 1:24PM > To: 'uwracing@u.washington.edu' > Subject: RE: Banana Belt cancelled (fwd) > > You go Jan!! > Jan get's "two double funky thumbs up"! > > > ---------- > > From: Jan Heine[SMTP:heine@u.washington.edu] > > Reply To: heine@u.washington.edu > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 1:17PM > > To: Brett Schroeder > > Cc: uwracing@u.washington.edu > > Subject: Re: Banana Belt cancelled (fwd) > > > > When will bicycle racers finally realize that being racers doesn't > > mean > > they can behave any way they want? Just because some professional > > athletes > > in more popular sports can get away with it, doesn't mean we can or > > should! > > > > Not only does this behavior lead to the cancellation of races, it > also > > doesn't entice potential riders/racers to take up the sport... > > > > It seems like many racers (and some would-be racers) scoff at the > rest > > of > > the world. Freds! How many racers are involved in trail maintenance? > > Bicycle advocacy? Or how many simply greet the guy with the $ 300 > > mountain > > bike? (I am sounding like Maynard Hershon here.) It amazes me that > > many > > expect bicycle manufacturers to sponsor teams, yet the racers don't > > become > > "spokespeople" for the sport in return. > > > > Jan (I know no Husky would ever do anything bad...) > > > .